Carl Gillispie was prosecuted after building waste was dumped on Cattybrook Lane in Mangotsfield on September 18 last year.

Gillispie of Sherwood Road, Speedwell, was interviewed at council offices and admitted the offences. He claimed he had been employed on a building site and had agreed to properly dispose of the waste but instead dumped it in a nearby lane.

He was fined £480 and was ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge as well as costs of £952 when the case was heard at Bristol Magistrates' Court.